Words and phrases that have a meaning related to backwardness: (128 results)
Often used in the same context:
underdevelopment, marginalization, pauperisation, oppression, feudalism, subjugation, ethnocentrism, tribalism, misrule, stagnation, pauperization, sectionalism, impoverishment, bureaucratism, male chauvinism, illiteracy, colonialism, misgovernance, eurocentrism, communalism, obscurantism, peasantry, socio, autocracy, poorness, injustice, westernisation, deprivation, irredentism, chauvinism, despotism, turkism, primitiveness, ills, discriminations, untouchability, retrogression, brahmanic, ethnicism, caste, welfarism, brahmanism, ignorance, overlordship, unproductiveness, brahminism, muslim ummah, militancy, industrialization, pauperism, dehumanisation, disunity, alienation, authoritarianism, sufferings, landlordism, judeophobia, apathy, nationalism, illiberalism, autarchy, monarchism, imperialism, patriarchy, emancipation, westernization, rulers, parochialism, inequalities, dissensions, fundamentalism, agrarian, whiteman, regionalism, marginality, maoism, inefficiency, wretchedness, sectarianism, balkanise, arbitrariness, particularism, modernity, ungratefulness, barbarism, poverty, philistinism, indiscrimination, provincialism, separatism, vulgarisation, ideology, atavism, extremism, racialism, deconcentration, umma, repression, incapability, insensitiveness, dogmatism, zamindari, intransigence, progressiveness, decadence, inferiority, preeminence, superiority, disorganisation, geography, insularity, predominance, sluggishness, subservience, unpreparedness
More specific:
abnormality, amentia, idiocy, imbecility, mental defectiveness, mental deficiency, moronity
Appears in the definition of:
night
More general:
stupidity
Synonyms:
Also try:mental retardation, retardation, slowness, subnormality
— Adjectives for backwardness: economic, social, relative, technological, cultural, general, educational, industrial, political, technical, agricultural, more...
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